Recap of Summer

I´m at home, for once...sitting writing in peace n quiet. I got here today, and normally it takes a week to unwind, letting my spirit land in my body, as the Native American Indians would say. "sit down and await your spirit". So, now I am here, waiting....

I have been asked to write a kind of an admiration letter to my dear friend Olle Ljungström. He is one of Swedens best artists, I think. He has a way of expressing himself, with words and vocally that just hit´s the right spot. He is a unique man.  He will release a book very soon and I guess we are a whole bunch of people who will express out love to this wonderful man. (Oh, on the photo..Olle to the left, me on the right ) Anyway, It got me thinking of him, and memories of last summer. 

I was going down south to a place just outside Gothenburg called Särö. My friend Ebbot (from The Soundtrack of our Lives) had a club there over summer and I came there to join in with the band on this last show of summer . As I got there, we started talking about Olle, our mutual friend,  and of the odds of having him joining us for the evening. 

I called him, and after a bit of persuasion a few hours later there he stood, in the hotel lobby, well dressed as always with a hat,  a huge smile and a glass of wine. It was a night I will always remember. 

Summertime in Sweden, just by the ocean and with two of my favorite artists, Olle and Ebbot. ..Somewhere I think I have it on video...haha...totally crazy. 

I did some old Meja songs in a new arrangement, but the real deal came later. .Starting off with my favorite song "Coconut Grove" as a duet with Ebbot. But most brilliant I must say, was when the three of us, Olle, Ebbot and me,  were doing the old T-Rex song "Children of the Revolution". I can´t really remember if the audience were mesmerized or in chock.):) But man did we have a great time!!!